Dispensing display package



5, 1956 M. KEATING, JR

DISPENSING DISPLAY PACKAGE 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Feb. 2, 1966 Dec. 6, 1966 Filed Feb. 2, 1966 M. KEATING, JR

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A770/FA/6/ United States Patent azsassr DISPENSING DISPLAY PACKAGE Martin Keating, .lr., Dumont, N..I., assignor to Universal Folding Box Co., Inc, Hoboken, N.J., a corporation of New York Filed Feb. 2, 1M5, Ser. No. 524,414 7 Claims. (Cl. 206-78) from time to time while maintaining the integrity of the i package.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a merchandise display package of the character referred to, in which the container of the package may be easily and rapidly opened for dispensing contents thereof and for then restoring the package to its closed condition.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of a merchandise display package, particularly of the blister or bubble container type in which the container opening and closing is elfec-ted by a simple pullpush operation.

An ancillary object of the invention is the provision of a display package of the referred-to character and type in which all the parts of the support body and the dispensing device thereof are formed-up from a unitary blank of cardboard material.

To the accomplishment of these objects and such other objects as may hereinafter appear, my invention relates to the display package as more particularly defined in the appended claims, taken together with the following description and the accompanying drawings, in which:

FIG. 1 is a plan view of :a unitary blank from which the support body and the dispensing device of the display package of the present invention are formed;

FIG. 2 is a view thereof showing the support body and the dispensing device in partially formed or assembled condition;

FIG. 3 is a vertical elevational view of the front of the completely assembled display package including the article container thereof;

FIG. 4 is a vertical elevational view of the rear of the completely assembled display package and showing the container thereof in normally closed and sealed condition;

FIG. 5 is an elevational view thereof taken in crosssection in the plane of the line 55 of FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is a View corresponding to that of FIG. 4, but showing the same in a condition, with seal broken, and the container opened for dispensing contents thereof; and

FIG. 7 is an elevational view taken in section in the plane of the line 77 of FIG. 6.

Referring first to FIGS. 3-7 of the drawings which show the dispensing display package in its finally assembled form, the package comprises a support body 10, a merchandise container 12 fixedly attached to the front of said body, said body being formed with a dispensing window 14 located at one end within the confines of the rear of said container 12, and a push-pull dispensing device generally designated as 16 fixedly mounted on the back of the support body 10. The dispensing device 16 comprises in its essential parts .a flap 18 normally overlying and closing said window 14 as best shown in FIGS. 4 and 5 of the drawings, said flap being movable in one direction (downwardly) when pulled to open said window 14, as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7 of the drawings, to dispense merchandise such as nails, washers, snap fasteners and groments, etc. (nails 20 being illustrated in the figures of the drawings), the said flap 18 being movable in the opposite direction (upwardly) upon being pushed to reclose said window to the position shown in FIGS. 4 and 5 of the drawings. Completing this construction there is provided a push-pull tab 22 attached to said flap 18 for moving the same.

The dispensing display package shown embodies a construction in which the support body 10 is a paper card body, the merchandise container 12 is a blister or bubble formed from a transparent plastic material, and the push-pull dispensing device 16 is also a paper card body. As will be more detailed below in connection with FIGS. 1 and 2 of the drawings, the support body 10 and the push-pull dispensing device 16 comprise paper card bodies folded up from a unitary blank. The blister 12 comprises as is customary in these bubble packages a three-dimensional container having front, side and end walls as shown and provided with a flange 12' which is adhesively sealed to the front wall of the support body 10.

In FIGS. 1 and 2 of the drawings I show a unitary blank from which the support body and the dispensing device of the package are formed; and a description of this unitary blank will also reveal additional characteristic structural features of the fully assembled display package. Referring to these figures, the blank B comprises the following parts: the front body 10, an inwardly bendable flap 24 at its top bendable along the headline 26 and a depending main flap 28 bendable along a bendline 31 to the rear of said body 16; said depending main flap 28 itself comprising the following parts: side portions 30, 30 adhesively attachable to the rear of the body 10 (shown so attached in FIGS. 4 and 6 of the drawings), a free end flap 32 inwardly bendable with reference tothe main flap 28 .(see FIG. 2 of the drawings), the said free end flap having a length to normally overlie the said support body from the top of the window 14 to the bottom of the body 10 (see for this FIGS. 4-7 of the drawings). The free end flap 32 terminates in the part 22 which serves as the push-pull tab. A corrugated flap which forms the aforesaid window closing flap 18 is next adjacent the free end flap 32. The flap 18 is corrugated along lines normal to the directions of movement of the flap 18. The said flap 18 is secured by weakened lines 34 at its sides to said side portions 30, 30), part of which lines are readily severable broken lines 34, 34'.

The support body 10 of the blank is formed with the window 14 heretofore described; the body 10 and the flap 24 may be formed with small openings 36, 36 which register when the top flap 24 is turned down to assembled condition, this to provide a hanging aperture for the display device. The main flap 28 and the front body 10 are formed with cut-out portions 38 and 40 respectively at the bendline 31, these defining for the package at the package bottom, registering openings to expose, rear and front, the push-pull tab 22 as best shown in FIGS. 4 and 5 of the drawings.

The blank of FIG. 1 is assembled by first being bent to the condition shown in FIG. 2 of the drawings; then the assembly is completed by finally bending the parts and securing the same to the condition shown in FIGS. 3-7 of the drawings, after which the blister container with its contents is attached to the front wall of the support body 10, this completing the assembled package.

The use and operation of the dispensing display package will be apparent from the above detailed description of its structure and assembly. The container 12 with its contents is normally sealed at the sealing lines 34, 3 4 and 34, 34. The breaking of the seal is accomplished by the initial pull exerted on the push-pull tab 22; and continuing the pull on the tab 22, the corrugated flap 18 is pulled inwardly and downwardly and the window 14 is opened to dispense whatever portion of the contents is desired to be dispensed by the consumer. After the dispensing operation the tab 22 is pushed upwardly, thereby moving the corrugated flap 18 to its return position, closing the window 14 and returning the package to its closed condition. Thus by a simple push-pull operation the package may be rapidly and easily opened from time to time to dispense contents thereofand may be rapidly and easily closed to restore the package to closed condition and the integrity of the package thereby maintained.

It will be apparent that many changes may be made in the structure of the package without departing from the spirit of the invention defined in the following claims.

I claim:

1. A dispensing display package comprising a support body, a merchandise container fixedly attached to the front of said body, said body being formed with a dispensing window located at, and within the confines of, the rear of said container, and a push-pull dispensing device fixedly mounted on the back of said support body, said device comprising a flap normally overlying and closing said window, said flap being movable in one direction upon being pulled to open said window to dispense merchandise in said container and being movable in the opposite direction upon being pushed to reclose said window, and a push-pull tab attached to said flap for moving the same.

2. The dispensing display package of claim 1, in which the said flap is normally sealed to the back of said support body, the seal being broken by an initial pull on said tab.

3. The dispensing display package of claim 1, in which the support body is a paper card body, the merchandise container is a blister formed from a transparent plastic material, and the push-pull dispensing device is a paper card body.

4. The dispensing display package of claim 3, in which the support body and the push-pull dispensing device comprise paper-card bodies folded up from a unitary blank.

5. The dispensing display package of claim 1, in which i the flap of the dispensing device normally overlying and closing the window is corrugated thereafter along lines normal to the directions of movement of the flap.

6. The dispensing display package of claim 1, in which the push-pull tab is located at an end of the package at its back, and the front of the support body is formed with a cut-out portion at the same end of the package in registry with said flap to expose the said flap toview from the package front.

7. The dispensing display package of claim 1, in which the support body and the dispensing device are formed from a single cardboard blank comprising the following parts; a front body and a main flap depending therefrom bendable along a bend line to the rear of said body; said depending main flap itself comprising the following parts: side portions adhesively attachable to the rear of said body, a free end flap inwardly bendable with reference to the main flap and having a length to overlie the said support body from the top of said window to the body bot- References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS 2/1936 Knauth. 7/1961 Denton 206-78 FOREIGN PATENTS 1,014,946 12/1965 Great Britain.

LOUIS G. MANCENE, Primary Examiner.

THERON E. CONDON, Examiner.

I. M. CASKIE, Assistant Examiner. 

1. A DISPENSING DISPLAY PACKAGE COMPRISING A SUPPORT BODY, A MERCHANDISE CONTAINER FIXEDLY ATTACHED TO THE FRONT OF SAID BODY, SAID BODY BEING FORMED WITH A DISPENSING WINDOW LOCATED AT, AND WITHIN THE CONFINES OF, THE REAR OF SAID CONTAINER, AND A PUSH-PULL DISPENSING DEVICE FIXEDLY MOUNTED ON THE BACK OF SAID SUPPORT BODY, SAID DEVICE COMPRISING A FLAP NORMALLY OVERLYING AND CLOSING SAID WINDOW, SAID FLAP BEING MOVABLE IN ONE DIRECTION UPON BEING PULLED TO OPEN SAID WINDOW TO DISPENSE MERCHANDISE IN SAID CONTAINER AND BEING MOVABLE IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION UPON BEING PUSHED TO RECLOSE SAID WINDOW, AND A PUSH-PULL TAB ATTACHED TO SAID FLAP FOR MOVING THE SAME. 